As One Listens to the Rain

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As One Listens to the Rain is a marriage of two distinct musical ideas. The first, a solitary, solemn melody, is introduced in the trumpet and cloaked in an aura of slowly shifting, transparent harmonies. This idea soon gives way to flowing lines and falling gestures which serve to invoke an image of cascading rainfall. A hymn-like interlude provides a brief respite before the return of the rain which, in this final form, spins and tumbles over itself.

The title is taken from a poem by Octavio Paz, which captures the same duality that is the impetus for the music: